On 19th November 2025, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women’s Health hosted a drop-in event in Portcullis House, welcoming Parliamentarians and representatives from industry, patient groups, professional bodies, and clinicians.
This event provided an opportunity to bring together stakeholders from across the women’s health space, to discuss how to embed women’s health priorities within the 10 Year Health Plan, and to share ambitions for the next phase of women and girls’ health policy.
Attendees were also invited to write short notes on what they would like to see prioritised in a renewed Women’s Health Strategy, and to reflect on how the health system can better deliver for women and girls in England. Consistent calls repeated in these notes include the need to:
Simplify access to women’s health services and streamline referral pathways, including through better-funding Women’s Health Hubs
Improve training and education for healthcare professionals in women’s health conditions, and ensure greater consistency in training across ICBs
Make prevention and early intervention a core pillar of women’s health policy, with a shift towards proactive, not reactive, care
Focus on delivery, not ambition: provide clearer guidance on local implementation, and defined metrics to ensure accountability
Fund more, and more inclusive, research - particularly into gynaecological conditions
Embed women’s lived experiences when designing services, and continue to listen to women when drafting policy
Highlight the close link between women’s health and economic participation - supporting women to thrive in the workplace
It was welcome to see cross-sector colleagues coming together to discuss the future of women’s health policy. Conversations demonstrated a clear, shared understanding of both the opportunities ahead and the challenges that women and girls continue to face, and emphasised, above all, the importance of continuing to facilitate cross-sector engagement.